Top 500 Shannon Messenger Quotes (2024 Update)
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151. “There you are,” Keefe interrupted, stomping over from the exit to the Wanderling Woods. “You could’ve told me about your little private party out here. I’ve been stuck watching my parents play who can pretend to be the saddest? in the middle of a mob that smelled like a goblin’s armpit.”

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152. “You should’ve heard him squeal when it worked,” Fitz said. “I thought a banshee had snuck into the room.” “Ignore my son,” Della told Dex. “You deserve to be excited.”

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153. “It feels like you either want to hug me or strangle me – and personally, I’m rooting for the hug.”

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154. “Keefe grinned. “You’re so adorable when you worry. I’ve told you that, right?” Sophie gave him her best glare, and his smile only widened.”

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155. “So she closed her eyes and pressed her lips against his.”

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156. “Both Fintan and Councillor Kenric never made it out of the tower.”

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157. “It’s okay,” Keefe whispered, pulling off Sophie’s other glove and sending her a blue mental breeze.”

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158. “Sophie Foster was going home.”

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159. “But we’re just kids she thought For the moment yes But we are talking about the future You really think we’ll still need a Black Swan that many years from now Yes I believe we will always need a Black Swan The world has gotten too complicated to leave any one group solely in charge There needs to be a system of checks and balances We do hope to someday work hand in hand with the Council But even if that never happens we should be there to keep them honest.”

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160. “You must be lost.” Keefe Sencen to Sophie, Keeper of the Lost Cities.”

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161. “The wind – or maybe Keefe – must’ve thrown back his father’s hood. But it wasn’t his father facing him. It was Lady Gisela. Keefe’s mom.”

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162. “That might be older than Bronte. But not older than Fallon Vacker, our great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather.”

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163. “She wasn’t sure who cheered louder, Grady and Edaline – or Dex.”

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164. “They weren’t friends. And they weren’t actually sisters. They were just two different girls from two different worlds.”

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165. “Ugh, now I get why Keefe was always going on about this one,” the figure to Gethen’s right grumbled. “They both think they’re so clever.”

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166. “But your dad’s enjoying it. He’s been rigging traps.”

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167. “He grabbed her arms to steady her. “It’s ok, Sophie. I’m here to help you. We’ve been looking for you for twelve years.”

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168. “It’s lonely speaking a language few others understand, isn’t it?”

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169. “Spoiler alert: Apparently, alicorn vomit was just as sparkly as their poop.”

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170. “The right choice sometimes isn’t easy, Sophie. But that doesn’t mean it’s not right.”

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171. “Yeah, I’m sure he’ll have me over for lushberry juice and mallowmelt,” Sophie mumbled. “Right after he tells me to call him Uncle Timkin.”

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172. “Ugh, don’t even get me started,” Tam grumbled. “Our real family name is supposed to be Tong. But my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother started calling herself Lady Song, and when she registered her daughter, she put that as the surname – and it’s been passed down ever since.”

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173. “Unpacking made everything real. She lived here now, in this strange, slightly too perfect world where everything she knew was wrong.”

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174. “At nine years old, Amy already had the annoying little sister role mastered.”

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175. “She wasn’t the same girl she’d been the year before, who though failing out of Foxfire would be the end of the world. Now she’d been kidnapped, presumed dead, banished from the Lost Cities, and helped stop a plague from killing off the entire gnomish species. She’d even snuck into the ogres’ capital and helped destroy half the city – which happened to be why the Council was struggling to negotiated a new elvin-ogre treaty.”

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176. “Ever since the kidnapping everyone kept her closed in, trying to keep her away from danger. All it really meant was that she was the one being held prisoner while the bad guys ran free.”

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177. “Sophie tugged out a loose eyelash-a nervous habit-and started at her feet.”

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178. “I’d heard your powers were legendary.”

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179. “In every photo her face looked scrunched with concentration, like she was trying to make sense of the world. Or maybe she’d been pooping. With babies, it was hard to tell.”

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180. “She was amazed Silveny had even let them get close enough to attach the reins. Clearly she needed to teach the glittering horse how to recognize pure evil.”

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181. “Mr. Snuggles is always the best thing to see when you first wake up.”

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182. “Sophie fought off her smile as Fitz kicked the sand, stirring up a coppery cloud. He was so determined to be angry that it was honestly kind of adorable.”

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183. “I’m done with food forever.” “Me too,” Dex agreed. “Me three,” Biana said.”

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184. “Don’t you miss when crushes were only silly, secret things?” she asked quietly. “Suddenly it’s getting all so... real – and not just because of this. I mean... Fitz already finished filling out his matchmaking packet. And you probably need to go pick up yours – if you haven’t already.”

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185. “Fitz grinned – and a girl who’d been watching him tripped over her own feet.”

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186. “Is that what you want? To be the official Keeper of all the Lost Cities’ secrets?”

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187. “Grady’s hands curled into white-knuckled fists. “I knew we shouldn’t have left you alone with that boy!”

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188. “I lived.” Grady smiled. “That bad, huh?”

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189. “No matter how many times the elves explained the “illumination in a darkened world” analogy, she would never stop thinking it was weird to have a school named after glowing fungus.”

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190. “I already did a cave of horrors thing with you a few weeks ago, and it wasn’t awesome.”

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191. “The next body she found was a goblin with long curly hair. Grady’s bodyguard.”

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192. “Are you implying that I’m not good enough, Gigantor?” Keefe asked, wiggling harder and kicking his legs. “Or are you just jealous of my moves?”

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193. “Keefe gave her another reassuring shoulder pat – but when she flung the pillow aside and buried her face in her hands, she heard him growl something that sounded like “screw it.” Then his arms wrapped around her and she sank into the hug, not realizing she was crying until she felt her tears soak into his tunic.”

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194. “I know this isn’t going to make any of it better,” Sophie said, holding her sister tighter. “But I’ve done this before. The part where it all feels hopeless, and like it’s never going to come together. And you know what? Somehow, it does. It’s never perfect. But it’s usually better than I’d been fearing.”

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195. “Now I know why Bianas ready to start stabbing things.”

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196. “Fitz laughed. You really are adorable when you worry.”

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197. “Seriously, what was it about cute boys that made it so hard for her to function?”

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198. “Back the T-rex up!- Keefe Sencen.”

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199. “Keefe’s laugher.”

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200. “We’re cousins,” she finished. Dex blinked. Then he cracked up.”

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